sleep together
idiomatic phrase
informal
: to have sex with each other
She found out that her husband and his boss were sleeping together.
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By tracking their hormones and sleep together, women can understand how hormone fluctuations throughout perimenopause are impacting their sleep and adjust accordingly.
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Mar. 2025
According to case reports, the teen at times would sleep together with Sterns alone in the same bed.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Clarke then turned his attention across the street, to where two people were sleeping together on the sidewalk.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
In this scene, Bob and Joan are waking up after sleeping together for the first time as the world reckons with a potential nuclear war at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
—Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Mar. 2025
According to case reports, the teen at times would sleep together with Sterns alone in the same bed.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Clarke then turned his attention across the street, to where two people were sleeping together on the sidewalk.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
In this scene, Bob and Joan are waking up after sleeping together for the first time as the world reckons with a potential nuclear war at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
—Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sleep together
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“Sleep together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20together. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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